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DEL.ICIO.USHenry making history with 87 points in two games
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Henry County has scored 87 points in its first two games. Not completely surprising, considering the cadre of skilled players sporting Warhawks uniforms for Mike Rozier’s club.
Still, it prompted me to do some research — what, you thought it was all smoke and mirrors here at the Southside Blog Lounge? — to put that number into perspective. Never mind that the Warhawks are 1-1 despite the gaudy offensive numbers. According to numbers culled from one of my favorite websites, ghsfha.com, Henry County has played 13 entire seasons since 1970 in which it did not score 87 points. In 1982 and 1983, the Warhawks scored only 82 in two seasons. Maybe those numbers aren’t relevant to now, and in fairness to the program, only one of those 13 seasons has come in the lifetime of any of Henry’s current players. Still, if they wanted to make history, they haven’t had to wait long.
They scored 51 last week in a win over Jones County. The last time the Warhawks scored 50 was a 54-8 win over Pike County in 1977, and you have to go back to 1992 to find consecutive games where they topped 30 points. None of which helps this week’s opponent, Central Macon, against whom the Warhawks scored 39 last year.
Deep breath … OK, the not backing away from a challenge award goes to Eagle’s Landing for scheduling Lowndes and Peach County in back-to-back weeks. In defending Class AAA champion Peach, though, the sledding doesn’t figure to be as tough as it was last year, though the Golden Eagles are still looking to score their first points …
FOOTBALL GAME OF THE WEEK
Stockbridge at Luella
7:30 p.m. Friday
COACHES: Stockbridge, Steve Collins (9-13); Luella, Paul Burgdorf (13-24).
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Stockbridge - QB Tyler Bass (Sr., 6-3, 205), OL Randy Salmon (Sr., 6-3, 290), WR/LB Vance King (Sr., 6-1, 195). Luella - WR Chance Masters (Sr., 5-11, 170), TE Jake Burgdorf (Sr, 6-0, 230), QB/DB Roderick Sweeting (Jr., 5-11, 175)
LAST YEAR: Stockbridge won, 42-27
LAST WEEK: Stockbridge beat Union Grove 38-28; Luella beat Dutchtown, 48-28.
THE SKINNY: This one has the feel of something more than just another game between county schools. The Tigers haven’t started 3-0 since 1991, and after scoring 75 points over their first two games, Bass and his mates are looking to keep the momentum going. Luella, meanwhile, will face a team more similar to their first opponent (Berkmar) than to their second (Dutchtown), and going into their open week the Lions are looking to push themselves into the county’s elite. This game was something of a shootout last year, and it may look very similar this time.
PREDICTION: Stockbridge 27-23.
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By go
September 13, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
stockbridge!
By Irby 5
September 14, 2007 1:35 AM | Link to this
Jay -
is Stockbridge for real? I mean, they’ll probably beat Luella and start 3-0 but can this team make a playoff run?
By Jay Stone
September 14, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this
That’s a fair question, given that the Tigers started 3-1 last year before dropping five straight sub-region games. Looking at their schedule, it’s not hard to see them reversing the results of losses against Upson-Lee (41-34 last year) and Jones County (21-20). If they can beat either Baldwin or Westside-Macon, they’ll likely avoid playing Griffin in the region playoff, and my view is they would then stand a decent chance of making the state playoffs. Lot of ifs there, but I think that game at Baldwin (to whom they lost 42-21 at home last year) on Sept. 28 will tell us a lot about the level of competition the Tigers are prepared to handle.